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Every Secret Thing

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Original title

Every Secret Thing

Year

2014

Running time

93 min.

Country

United States

Director

Amy Berg

Screenwriter

Nicole Holofcener. Novel: Laura Lippman

Cast

Music

Robin Coudert

Cinematography

Rob Hardy

Producer

Hyde Park Entertainment

Genre

Thriller | Psychological Thriller. Crime. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance

Synopsis

A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant's death. Detective Nancy Porter (Elizabeth Banks) is still haunted by her failure to save the life of a missing child from the hands of two young girls. Eight years later, another child goes missing in the same town just days after Ronnie and Alice (Dakota Fanning & Danielle Macdonald), the two girls convicted of the former crime, were released from juvenile detention. Porter and her partner (Nate Parker) must race against the clock to prevent history from repeating itself. But as they begin to investigate the girls and their families, especially Alice's protective mother (Diane Lane), they unearth a web of secrets and deceptions that calls everything into question.

Critics' reviews

"'Every Secret Thing' is not unlike last autumn's abduction drama 'Prisoners.' Both demonstrate an excellent level of craft and are handsomely shot and composed, but both suffer from narrative issues."

Rodrigo Perez: The Playlist
"It's just good enough to inspire wishes that it were better"

Chuck Bowen: Slant
"'Every Secret Thing' doesn’t feel like it fell off an assembly line, but that’s not saying that it’s been skillfully engineered. By the end, its rickety narrative architecture collapses entirely"

Adam Nayman: AV Club
"A small, well-crafted film with a few chilling moments and some fine performances, but it’s a muddled, pedestrian crime thriller."

Richard Roeper: Chicago Sun-Times
"The only suspense is waiting to see if Diane Lane’s reputation will survive"

Rex Reed: The New York Observer

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Every Secret Thing

2014

Amy Berg

5.1

(1,542)